Chapter

Event Leader

Date

12/10/17 (All day)

Join us for a fun day on the trails and make a kid happy on Christmas morning.

SE MA NEMBA will be having their annual Toy Drive, Ride and Hike in the Blue Hills on Sunday December 10th. Toy drop off will start at 9:00. Most of the guided rides and hikes will be starting at 9:30 AM. ( Even if you can't ride or hike, please drop a toy by anyways, and join us for some seasonal refreshments by the fire! )

Bring an unwrapped toy, a smile and your bike. We will have group rides for all levels, or you can explore on your own.

All toys will be donated to Interfaith Social Services in Quincy, to be distributed to children in need, just in time for the holidays!

Event Leader

Bird Street Conservation Area

Easy

30%

Moderate

55%

Difficult

15%

Description

The Bird Street Conservation area is part of a 580 acre parcel that also includes Libby Farm, and Stoughton Memorial Conservation lands and the C. W. Welch Fish & Game Preserve. Many of the trails are marked with colored markers blue, green, yellow and orange. But a few, notably the more technical ones that go over rock outcropings in the Southern section of the parcel, aren't. In all there are about 10 miles of trails to explore ranging from easy to quite technical.

There are two parking areas. One at 90 Bird Street is small holding only a car or two. The one at the Bradley Lessa Memorial playground at 1258 West Street is much larger and a better entry point for the trails.

I'd suggest bringing a copy of the above maps. The first is a Strava route that hits most of the main trails. The trails over by Planet fitness though are probably best avoided in all but the dryest of seasons.

You'll find a lot more trails than are on either of these maps.

Other than locals, few people are aware of or have explored these trails. You can be among them.

Local Shops

Local Eats

Date

Please Join the DCR and NEMBA on Sunday October 22, 2017 in building a boardwalk on a popular connector trail in the F Gilbert Hills State Forest in Foxborough.

The Boardwalk will be approximately 45' feet long. Volunteers will help carry tools and material to the build site which is a short hike from Lakeview Road.

Please bring sturdy shoes, gloves, eye protection, and water. NEMBA has a small inventory of gloves and eye protection if you do not have these items. NEMBA will also provide tools but please bring a cordless drill/driver or hammer if you have one you are comfortable with(We always seems to run low on juice).

The Boardwalk will be approximately 45 feet long. Volunteers will help carry tools and material to the build site, which is a short hike from Lakeview Road.

We will meet at the parking lot on Mill St. across from HQ. Approximate address for GPS is 86 Mill St, Foxboro, MA 02035.

Please arrive by 8:45 for registration and to enjoy some Coffee and Donuts.

At 9:00 am, we will discuss the build and safety then carpool over to the work site.

We should be done by Noon and NEMBA will provide lunch.

For those with energy, there will be post lunch rides and a hike and we can try out the new boardwalk!

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Ride Level

Ride Style

Ride Leader Name

Event Date

SE MA NEMBA will be hosting it's ALT50 ride on Sunday 9/24. It's called the ALT50 with a salute to our friends who have the time and energy to ride the VT50, but we couldn’t make it (this year…)

The other difference is, it’s not 50 MILES, it’s 50 Kilometers. That’s the equivalent of 31 miles. So not as grueling, less climbing, which leaves way more energy for FUN! AND it’s local!

Riders will have the option of doing all three parks, The Blue Hills, Adams Farm and Cutler Park in that order. Or they can join in part way along on the ride.

The ride will leave The Blue Hills at 7:00 AM. From the big Houghton’s Pond Lot on Hillside Street. Expect to ride some stuff you’ve never seen before, with maybe some surprises along the way. Keep an open mind.

It will get to Adams Farm about 10:00 and to Cutler Park about Noon. None of the rides will be overly technical, just enough to keep it interesting…

We will need co-leaders who know any of the three parks, and designated sweeps. (We’ll limit riding groups to 6 in each including the leader, but no limit on how many groups…!)

Following the ride there will be a BBQ hosted by Bob Khederian at around 3:00 PM. (We will park at his house and do the Cutler loop)

So, do 1,2,3 parks, either way there’s a party at the end!

We will be driving to and from each park, so hopefully we will have some carpooling..

Chapter

Trail

Event Leader

Date

8/6/17 9:00am to 1:15pm

Join us for a trail cleanup that will ready the trails for a park fundraiser, the Secret Squirrel MTB Race! The work that we do will clean the trails up for the rest of the summer and into the fall which will make riding and hiking more amazing than ever.

This work will be done on foot. If you bring your bike please wait to ride until after we're done. We'd like to split up into groups and each thoroughly cover smaller sections of trail.